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1-164 (WMJ
TENNECOINTER-OFFICE MEMO
CHEMICALS,
INC
To G.W. Leach
at Burlington
from f.W. Kanzler
at Burlington
subject Evaluation of Antifoams Project 10-037
date February 18, 1972
copy to
H.B. Carr R.J. Eckman
lalytical Laboratory File
The submitted defoamer samples were evaluated with the following results:
1. Apparatus and Method
The following is a brief outline of the method of evaluation used: a vertical centrifugal immersion pump was fitted with 1/4" tubing to recycle a 1$ sodium lauryl sulfate solution contained in a stainless steel bucket. A foam rise rate was established by recycling the above solution without antifoam addition. A time of eleven (11) minutes was established for a foam rise of four (4) to six (6) inches. This time was used as a standard time for the antifoams evaluated.
2. Evaluation
a. Tributyl Phosphate (TBP) - Analytical Number 4632
A five-inch foam layer was reduced to l/4"inch after the
addition of 250 ml of water admixed with about 6% of TBP.
b. Colloids X-50852-3 (Lot LB-10094) - Analytical Number 4633
This test showed that a five-inch foam layer was reduced to one inch after the addition of the Colloids antifoam and eleven (11) minutes of recycling.
c. Tributyl Ethyl Phosphate (TBSP) - Analytical Number 4634
The sample of this antifoam reduced the five-inch foam lay er to about 1-1/2 inches after the eleven (ll) minutes of ~ recycling.
FWK/jt
F.W. Kanzler
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